When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.

Topics: Plato Quotes

Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing...

Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing...

Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest...

Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest...

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our...

Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our...

Love is a serious mental disease.

Love is a serious mental disease.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

I would fain grow old learning many things.

I would fain grow old learning many things.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by...

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by...

Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a...

Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a...

To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to...

To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to...

Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.

Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.

Time on its back bears all things far away - Full many a challenge is...

Time on its back bears all things far away - Full many a challenge is...

Necessity, who is the mother of invention.

Necessity, who is the mother of invention.

I have good hope that there is something after death.

I have good hope that there is something after death.

Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its...

Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its...

I think a man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if...

I think a man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if...

The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.

The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first...

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first...

Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.

Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.